Improvement in animal-poke



two prongs a a, as seen in thedrawing;`

.y aient (dimite.

WILLIAM KELLY, 'or sA-RANAC, IIIICIIIGAN.v

' Leners Paten: No. 91,639, lated .new 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN' ANIMAIIlrIPOKE The Schedule x'fened to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the name.

To all whom 'it'fmay concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM'KELLY, of Saranno, in the county of Ionia, and State of Michigan, have in-V vented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Poke; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is a i'uilfclear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which is represented a perspective view of my annual-poke. l

The nature of my invention consists in the. employment of'a device wherebyanimals are prevented from j umpingoveror breaking down fences;` and to this end,

It consists cfa yoke, plvoted to thepongs of'a bar, the ends of the prongs being united by a cylindrical bar formedywith apertures, into which is inserted a staple-shaped device connected with a spring attached to the flanged bar, the object of which will hereinafter be muy ses fol-n1.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now describe its constructionand operation.

In the accompanying drawing- A represents a bar, which ismadeat one end with Y B represents a yoke'pivoted to the prongs a a by the bolt a'.

vc is a rod passing through the yoke near where it is pivoted to the prongs;

d represents a cylindrical bar formed with two apertures, and pivoted between the ends of the prongs.

f represents a staple-shaped device, with its ends made sharp, entering the apertures formed in the cylindrical bar d. ,Y

l This device' is pivoted 'to one end of the spring g, while the other end of the spring is secured to the bar A, as seen at e.

The operation of `my device is as follows:

, The yoke is placed on the animals neck, Vwith the bar A extending out, as" seen in the drawing, so that when the bar comes in contact with thefence, it forces the spring g against the rod c, which shoves the stapleshaped device f into theanimalsneck and causes him to retreat.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim-as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The bar, constructedwith prongs a a, and provided with t-lie movable bar d, substantially as and for the purpose set-forth:

2. The movable staple f, arranged to operate substantially for the purpose specified.

V 3. The staple. f, attached to the spring g, in com?` bination with yoke B, movable bar ll, and bar A, substantially" as set forth.

In testimony 'that I claim the foregoing as my own, t

I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WM. KELLY.

Witnesses RICHARD VosPEn, G; A; Gorros. 

